The Vatican Museums are one of the most visited sites in the world, which is why they are often difficult to visit and certainly nearly impossible to do with only a few visitors around. This Early Morning Vatican Vip Tour offers special morning access to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica, allowing you to admire these masterpieces of art without being surrounded by huge crowds. The tour begins at 7.30am, so you'll enter the museums 1.5 hours before general public opening hours.
Your guide will begin the adventure with a brief introduction to the area around St. Peter's around Vatican City. From there, you will enter the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. With more than 7 kilometers of galleries, the Vatican Museums are one of the largest museums in the world. There, walking through the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of Maps, and the Gallery of Tapestries, you'll admire the great masterpieces of painting and sculpture from all eras.
After the museums, you will visit the Sistine Chapel and admire Michelangelo's Last Judgment, considered the greatest masterpiece of Western art. Last but not least, you will visit the stunning St. Peter's Basilica, where you can admire among the masterpieces inside, the moving Pieta by Michelangelo, and the huge bronze altar by Bernini.